Musculoskeletal

What are Musculoskeletal disorders?

Musculoskeletal disorders are the injuries or diseases involving ligaments, muscles, tendons, joints, and the bones of the body. Young adults may present with the disorders involving injuries while in elderly patients more often osteoarthritis involving various joints is seen. Chronic disorder like fibromyalgia is often seen in women more than men.

Patients are seeking complementary medicines to get relief from pain in more natural way. Acupuncture, homeopathy and Chinese Herbal medicines have shown very good results in treating many of the musculoskeletal disorders like acupuncture for sciatica, homeopathy for arthritis, Chinese herbal medicine for fibromyalgia. Elderly patients are seeking treatments for osteoarthritis and hip and knee pain. It has also been helpful in treating sprains and injuries of athletes.